12:03 AM,
Nov. 24, 2012

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The season of holiday celebrations - and drunken drivers - is upon us.

Police say they expect more intoxicated drivers on the roads this time of year and have stepped up sobriety checkpoints and patrols to stop them.

In 2010, 174 people nationwide were killed in alcohol-related car crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday from Wednesday evening through Sunday, according to the most recent figures available from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Alcohol was involved in 40 percent of the highway deaths during that period. ...